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4'7 REQUESTS TH'~ CnUNCIL TO APPROVE THE COX'S ROW SITE FOR A PUBLIC HOl1SING PROJECT, THE BOUNDARIES OF +•/Hi~H ARC CUTI_ IN~D IN RED '~N THE ATTACHED PLAT. IT SHOULD BF IJNDFRSTOnD THAT THIS REQUEST FOR APPROVAL CF THE COX'S ROW SITE DOES NOT COMMIT THE AUTHORITY Tn THE USF OF THIS SITE FOR A PROJECT BUT MERELY PRnVIDFS AN ADDITIONAL AREA FROM WHICH TO SELECT A .SITE. RESPECTFUL LY, E. R. SLAUGHTER ~SIGNFp E. THORNTON TAYLOE ~SIGNED+ ~. ~_. TURNER SIGNED HARRY A. ~^"IRIGHT SIGNED ROBERT P. ENGLANDER SIGNED MARCH 13, 1 QF,1 MR. DAVID J. L~(OOD. JR.~ ACTING E'CFCUTIVE DIRFCT~+R CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT c4~ HOUSING AUTHORITY Q(1Q EAST MARKET STREET CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA DEAR MR. +:~~OnD: ~ffF ARE ENCLOSING A COPY OF OUR REPORT ON CnX's ROW AS A SITE FOR YOl1R PROJECT VA-16-1, CHARLOTTESVILLE. THE SITE WAS VIFt•!ED BY MESSRS. PAUL MENG AND RICHARD GRAY OF THIS OFFICE LAST SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1QF1, 4.!ITH YOU, YCUR CITY Pl_ANNFR, MR. T. DYKES AND MEMBERS OF YOUR AI~THnRITY'S BOARD. LETTER RF: REPORT nN YOII WILL NOTICE THAT 4 SATISFACTORY ANn FEASIBt_E RELOCATION PLAN MUST BE COX'S Rn`.•r PRESENTED BF.FnRE 4/E CAN GIVE Ol1R APPROVAL nF THE SITE. THE PIIRP~SE OF A RELOCATION Pl_4N IS TO SHO`d THAT DISPLACEMENT OF THE SITE OCCUPANTS WILI NCT RESULT IN UNDUE HARDSHIP TO Sl1CH OCCUPANTS. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH A PLAN ARE DETAILED IN SECTION ?~0.1 OF THE LC'W- RENT HOUSING MANUAL. ~r^.~E WISH TO EXPRESS OUR A~PRFCIATION OF THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATI^N ANn THE DESIRE TO PROMOTE THE PROGRESS OF YOUR nROJECT WHICH WAS DISPLAYED BY YOIJ AND YnUR AUTHORITY BOARD. SINCERELY YOIIRS~ FOR ARCH I F P•. Rl1RGESS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT ENCLOSURE - SITE REPORT - ~'nx's Rrn.' :KARL^TTESVILI_E~ VIRGINI4 CDX'S ROW SITE ~$ BOUNDEDON TH'' lr'EST BY HnLI_Y AND 1!~TH STREETS ON THE F4ST BY THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY TR•aCKS~ ON THE NnRTH BY SCHENKS BRANCH, AND ON THE SOUTH BY THE RE4R OF COMMERCIAL ~RETAIL~ PROPERTY FACING I'•1AIN STREET. (T~I~ SITE IS IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY AND IN AN EXISTING N!?N-4!HITE RESIDENTIAL. DISTRICTj. IT IS ~ BLnCKS FRnM A NON-WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHICH HAS RFCFNTI_Y BEEN EXPANDED AND INCLUDES THE ONLY NON-`^!HIT~ RECREnTiON CENTER IN THE CITY IT SITE REPORT IS 6 BLOCKS FROM THE ONLY NON-WHITE HIGH SCHOOL OF THE CITY, THE LE4nING RE: SOY'S RO`., NnN-WHITE ~BnPTIST~ CHURCH IS ~ BLOCKS AWAY AND THE OTHER CHURCHES ARE A FEW BLOCKS FARTHER AW4Y, THE NF+.!EST ArJD LARGEST GROCERY STORE IN THE CITY IS ONE-HALF BLOCK AWAY AND SEAR'S IS A BLOCK A4JAY ON MAIN STREET. THIS STREET ALSO CONTAINS ALL OTHER TYPES OF RET41L. STORES. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RUNS ALONG BOTH MAIN AND 10TH STREETS ANn WOULD BE READILY AV4ILABLE TO OCCUPANTS OF THE SITE. SINCE THE SITE IS CFNTRAI_LY LOCATED IT IS CONVENIENT TO ~LACFS OF EMPLOYMENT. THE SITE CnNSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 1'~ ACRES: SO IT CnU(_D ACCOMMODATE 1'~7 UNITS IN DUPLEXES WITH A DENSITY OF 1'~ l1NITS PER ACRE. OR ~~~ Ml1LT1-FAMILY UNITS COULD BF 11SF0 GIVING A DENSITY OF 17.E FAMILIES~ACRF, THE. SITE IS ZONED R-~~ MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. aT PRESENT ABOUT THIRTY FAMILIES RESIDE nN THE SITE OF 1JHICN 1~ PROBABLY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR I_OW-RENT HOUSING. THE SITE CONTAINS ABOUT ?5 HOUSES OF WHICH ~H ARF SUB-STANDARD FROM D1I.4PIDATION, PROBABLY SIX OF THFti! 4RE 041NER OCC.UPIFD. THE REM4iNDER OF THE SITE IS `lACANT. 1nTH STREET, THE MAIN ACCESS STREET, IS IMPROVED. ~•IATFR~ GAS, ELECTRICITY AND SANITARY SEWERS ARE ALREADY ON THE SITE. THE SITE SLOPES TO THE NORTH AND DRAINS INTO SCHENKS BRANCH AS DnES A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY SINCE CHARI_DTTESVILLF HAS BUT FEW STORM SEWERS. THE SITE CONTAINS SEVERAL UN- IMPROVED NARRO!.~ STREETS WHICH THE CITY IS WILLING TO VACATE. THE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR ASSESSMENT PURPOSES OF THE SITE IS ~1C~6,740, HOWEVER MR. MENG AND THE AUTHORITY FEEL THAT THE SITE !^COULD COST IN EXCESS OF ~~nD,~Dn. CnNDFMNATION WnUI_D PROBABLY BF RFr1.11RED TO SECURE SOME OF THE PARCELS. SITE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING CONSIDERABLE GR"DING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ALI INTERIOR STRFETS~ WOULD CnST ROUGHLY $1?~,0~0, THIS IS PROBABLY TYPICAL. OF MnST OF THE CITY SINCE IT IS BUILT ON HILLY TERRAIN.